The Owensboro-Daviess County Christmas Parade is set for 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The official, multi-camera live stream of the event will be hosted exclusively on the Owensboro Times Facebook page, with commentary from Jane Head and Chad Benefield. Here’s what else to know, including what streets will be closed, where to park, and the float lineup featuring more than 100 entries.
About the live stream
Watch the stream live on the Owensboro Times Facebook page. OT has partnered with the Christmas Parade Committee, the presenting sponsor, for the production of the stream. We’ll have multiple cameras to ensure we capture all the action.
Additionally, longtime parade committee member Jane Head and WBKR radio personality Chad Benefield will provide on-camera commentary throughout the stream.
The video will remain available to watch later on our Facebook page and on our website.
Street closures/parking
Starting at noon on Saturday and lasting until late that evening, 2nd Street will be closed from Greyhound Drive (near the former Daviess County Middle School) to Walnut Street (just past the Convention Center. Within that closure, several side streets connecting 2nd and 3rd streets will also be closed.
Both downtown parking garages (located on Daviess Street and Locust Street) will remain open. Parking will be available along other streets that remain open.
About the parade
The parade theme this year is “Vintage Christmas.” The parade will begin at the corner of 2nd and Pearl streets and continues all the way to Locust Street.
The grand marshal for the 2024 parade is Brian Smith, who will be riding in his own 1930 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan, the same one he drove in the Great Race from Owensboro to New England last summer. Navigator Scott Howard will be riding alongside him again in the classic car.
The committee also named Girls Inc. as an honorary Grand Marshal. The parade association also chose a “Hometown Hero” to honor, selecting Jailer Art Maglinger, who was recently named the Kentucky Jailer of the Year.
While the City of Owensboro helps with some aspects of the parade, the event is actually put on by the Parade Association, which is a nonprofit. The Association has a board and utilizes volunteers to host the parade.
Float lineup
According to the parade website, the confirmed lineup is as follows:
- 1 – Owensboro Police Department
- 2 – Owensboro Fire Department
- 3 – Daviess County Sheriff’s Office
- 4 – AMR Ambulance
- 5 – Kentucky State Police
- 6 – Airport-Sorgho Fire Department
- 7 – DCPS Police Department
- 8 – 324 Moseleyville Fire Department
- 9 – Utica Fire Department 507
- 10 – Parade Banner
- 11 – Apollo Air Force JROTC
- 12 – Judge-Executive Charlie Castlen
- 13 – County Commissioner Larry Conder
- 14 – County Commissioner Chris Castlen
- 15 – Grand Marshalls Brian Smith & Scott Howard
- 16 – Honorary Grand Marshalls Girls Incorporated Owensboro
- 17 – Special Guest Daviess County Jailer Art Maglinger
- 18 – Wendell Foster – Rec Dept
- 19 – Saving Paws Animal Rescue of KY
- 20 – Owensboro Catholic Middle School Cheer Team
- 21 – Owensboro Catholic Marching Aces
- 22 – Daviess County Lions Club Queens
- 23 – Puzzle Pieces
- 24 – Miss Harvest Festival Pageants
- 25 – Daviess County Animal Care and Control
- 26 – Burns Middle School Dance Team
- 27 – Equestrian Enterprises
- 28 – Girl Scout Troop 1592
- 29 – 14 First Alert Interceptor
- 30 – MSC modified social club
- 31 – Lacie Mills Barnett, Real Estate Agent
- 32 – CORGIs of Owensboro
- 33 – Owensboro Bombers Post 9 Baseball
- 34 – Atmos Energy
- 35 – Miss Western Kentucky Teen 2025 Shaylee Leonard
- 36 – 2.0 Barber Studio
- 37 – Green Valley Beekeeping Association “An Old Fashioned Christmas”
- 38 – Deaconess Clinic
- 39 – GSK Troops 1071, 1489, 1490, and 3623
- 40 – The Daviess County Water District “Winter Waterland”
- 41 – WLES Tigers Cheerleading
- 42 – The Senior Community Center “A Van Full of Vintage”
- 43 – The Vault Dance Studio
- 44 – Country Heights 13U Lady Predators softball
- 45 – Amvets Post 75 Veterans
- 46 – Matthews Table
- 47 – Daviess County Vintage 4-H
- 48 – Foreman Watson Holtrey
- 49 – Real Hacienda Express
- 50 – Girl Scout Troop 1213
- 51 – Baize Auto Sales
- 52 – Owensboro High School Marching Band
- 53 – Borrowed Hearts Owensboro
- 54 – Birthright
- 55 – Owensboro Auto Spa
- 56 – AmVets Post Local 119
- 57 – foster.ky.gov
- 58 – Owensboro Racing & Gaming
- 59 – WKU in Owensboro
- 60 – Owensboro Garage Doors
- 61 – Girl Scout Troop 1144
- 62 – Bellevue Baptist Church “The Promised One”
- 63 – Friends of Butler County Animals
- 64 – Grace Christian Academy
- 65 – The Event Kode
- 66 – Chick-fil-A Owensboro
- 67 – WEHT/WTVW
- 68 – Transit Trolley
- 69 – The Ghostbusters of Daviess County
- 70 – Bridges of Kentucky
- 71 – Girl Scout Troop 1886
- 72 – Apollo High School Marching Band
- 73 – Girl Scout Troop 887
- 74 – Independence Bank
- 75 – Harvest Baptist of Owensboro
- 76 – KY Chrome Softball
- 77 – Oak Island Theatre “Tinsel & Tidings”
- 78 – Owensboro Catholic High School Habitat for Humanity
- 79 – lightglair
- 80 – Mom’s Cleaning Services
- 81 – Western Academy at the Neblett
- 82 – City of Owensboro Public Works – Sanitation Department
- 83 – It’s a Wonderful Servpro Life
- 84 – RiverValley Behavioral Health
- 85 – The Support Alliance of the Visually Impaired “Radio Flyer”
- 86 – Spay A Stray Owensboro
- 87 – Lee Best Memorial Foundation Ft. KY Rebels Softball Team
- 88 – Daviess County Band of Pride
- 89 – Owensboro Hustlers
- 90 – Daviess County Public Schools Transportation “Back in Our Day”
- 91 – Owensboro Mobile Mechanic
- 92 – Pink Vintage Christmas “Frozen in Time”
- 93 – WBKR & Christmas Wish
- 94 – OCTC CDL Program
- 95 – Masonic Lodge
- 96 – Owensboro Shriners
- 97 – River City Pickleball Club
- 98 – Murphy Excavating’s “Big Bud”
- 99 – Daviess County High School’s Panther Company
- 100 – The Asylum Tattoo and Art Gallery
- 101 – U.S. Bank “Toyland”
- 102 – Owensboro Public Schools Transportation
- 103 – St. Benedict’s & Pitino Shelter “Land of the Misfits”
- 104 – Owensboro Off-Road Jeepers
- 105 – Danny Self & his Calliope
- 106 – The Blue Bridge Pirate Proles
- 107 – Western Kentucky Revolution Softball
- 108 – Magical Memories Character Co.
- 109 – The Claypool Sleigh
- 110 – THE BIG MAN (Santa Claus)
